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Severe Lag in OrCad X PCB Editor During Routing and Infinite Cursor Use

Xicong
Xicong over 1 year ago

Hello Cadence Community,

I'm encountering a serious issue with Cadence OrCad X's PCB Editor that's significantly hindering my work. I've recently started experiencing extreme lag during routing connections and when hovering around using the "Infinite Cursor" mode. This problem is severe enough to make the software nearly unusable for these tasks.

Detailed Issue Description:

  • Lag in Operations: The mouse movement becomes extremely laggy when I am routing connections or hovering around hovering around using the "Infinite Cursor."
  • System Specifications: I'm using OrCad X on a Windows 10 machine equipped with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super graphics card. Another PC with a similar setup does not exhibit this issue on 17.4, which is perplexing.
  • Troubleshooting Efforts: I've ensured my graphics drivers are up to date, checked system compatibility, and experimented with OrCad's settings, but to no avail. No other software on my machine seems to conflict with OrCad.

Given the powerful graphics card in my system, it's surprising to encounter such significant performance issues. I'm reaching out for advice or solutions from anyone who might have faced a similar problem. Could this be a unique software bug, or is it more likely an issue specific to my system's interaction with OrCad?

Any tips, settings suggestions, or insights would be immensely helpful. This issue is critically affecting my ability to work on PCB designs efficiently.

Thank you very much for your time and assistance.

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    0 steve over 1 year ago

    Not sure if this will help or not but worth a try. Setup - User Preferences - Obsolete - and enable infinite_cursor_bug_nt and see if that helps.......

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    0 steve over 1 year ago

    Not sure if this will help or not but worth a try. Setup - User Preferences - Obsolete - and enable infinite_cursor_bug_nt and see if that helps.......

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    0 Xicong over 1 year ago in reply to steve

    Hi Steve, 

    Thanks for the information. I enabled this option, but it doesn't help. 

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